The Autocrats

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The Autocrats
The initial screen of The Autocrats for the 4th and 5th seasons. Top row from left to right: Ben Zyskowicz, Päivi Räsänen, Mauri Pekkarinen, Tarja Halonen, Seppo Kääriäinen, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Pentti Arajärvi. Bottom row from left to right: Ville Itälä, Sauli Niinistö, Paavo Lipponen, Erkki Tuomioja, Suvi-Anne Siimes.
Also known as	The Autocrats
Itse valtiaat
Genre	Political satire Animation
Created by	Olli Haikka Riina Hyytiä
Voices of	Mika Ala-Panula Heikki Hilander Erja Manto Jukka Puotila Paul Westlake Mari Perankoski
Country of origin	Finland
Original language	Finnish
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	233
Production
Running time	11–15 min.
Original release
Network	YLE TV1
Release	April 14, 2001 (2001-04-14) – January 5, 2008 (2008-01-05)
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The Autocrats (Finnish: Itse valtiaat) was a Finnish political satire TV series, which took the viewer behind the scenes of the politics of Finland.^[1] The series was produced by Filmiteollisuus and was made using 3D computer animation. The original idea for the series came from producer Olli Haikka. 233 episodes – comprising approximately 30 hours of footage – were aired.